QUETTA: A strike was observed in Panjgur, Gwadar, Turbat and some other towns in Balochistan on Saturday in protest against the murder of Baloch political workers allegedly by agencies.

The strike was called by the Baloch National Front (BNF) to condemn the dumping of bullet-riddled bodies of Haji Abdul Razzak Baloch and Pathan Bugti.

All main trading centres and shops remained closed in the striking towns.

The BNF claimed that Razzak Baloch, the information secretary of Baloch National Movement, was kidnapped a few months ago by the personnel of intelligence agencies and Pathan Bugti was picked up from Hub town.

It said that kidnappings and extrajudicial killings were aimed to undermine the Baloch political movement but declared that the struggle against the ‘oppressors’ would continue till the defeat of “exploiters who are looting the resources of Balochistan”.